Characterization of tunable metamaterial elements using MEMS switches

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 401-404

  Hand, Thomas ^a   Cummer, Steven ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Microelectromechanical (mems)

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LOSS CHARACTERISTICS; LOW LOSS; MAGNETIC METAMATERIALS; MEMS SWITCHES; MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCH; RESONANCE EXCITATION; RESONANT PARTICLES; SWITCH TOPOLOGY; SWITCHABLE; TUNABLE METAMATERIALS; UNIT CELLS;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES; EXCITED STATES; METAMATERIALS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 58349120720     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2007.902807     Document Type: Article

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